Upsample with Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff

Ticket Talk w/ Gigpit Co-Founder Evan Dungate


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Evan Dungate of Gigpit joins us!

Gigpit, headquartered in Victoria and also running in Vancouver, is a new local live music platform that offers concert listings and a ticketing service, currently with no fees. The company has five young co-founders: Evan, Aidan Polglase, Ellie Scott, Josh Taylor, and MacKenzie Joyal. Will and Carson get a feel for their work and take a detour in the middle to discuss the Live Nation / Ticketmaster U.S. DOJ case.

(0:00) Let's get our $200k!

(1:46) Evan's background

(7:21) The Gigpit team

(10:33) Ticketing & no-fee PWYC model

(20:21) Live Nation found liable by jury

(27:15) Ticketweb & stealth subsidiaries

(31:59) Handling the pressure to grow

(34:51) How to win a presenter?

(38:48) Writing & video sessions

(44:15) How to get involved with Gigpit

(49:18) The Shaggy story

(50:46) Recommendations with Evan

Recs:

  • Evan - Standard Issue Pleasure Model - Tripsitter | Christopher Atkins - Another Year | Hedonist - Scapulimancy
  • Will - check out Infinite Catalog’s breakdown of Spotify’s Loud & Clear PR stats
  • Carson - Charlotte Cornfield - Hurts Like Hell

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Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

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